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The Jack Benny Program
TV Series (1950 - 1965)
Jack Benny was a regular on his own radio program since 1932. He brought the program, with his underplayed humor, to TV along with his radio regulars. Jack, who remained 39-years-old, kept his money in his basement and drove his old Maxwell car just as he had done on the radio.
Last Episode
15x28 Smothers Brothers Show Aired: Apr. 16, 1965The Smothers Brothers introduce the show trying to sing ""Love in Bloom."" Later, they sing ""Boil that cabbage down"" and ""I never will marry."" … [continue reading]
Series Info
Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Oct. 29, 1950
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
30 min.
Network
Genre
- comedy
Character Guide
Series Fun Facts
- A 1952 spoof of Gaslight, entitled "Autolight" and co-starring Barbara Stanwyck proved so popular that Jack Benny wanted to rebroadcast it. Legal wrangling with MGM resulted in this not…
[show]A 1952 spoof of Gaslight, entitled "Autolight" and co-starring Barbara Stanwyck proved so popular that Jack Benny wanted to rebroadcast it. Legal wrangling with MGM resulted in this not happening until 1959.
[hide] - Several episodes were adaptations of plots used on his radio show. Examples of this are the "Christmas Shopping" episode and the "Horse Racing" episode.
- Theme song is a standard violin étude written by Konradin Kreutzer. It's the second one in the famous Kreutzer book.
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